Dell PowerVault 114x User Manual
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Figure 2 – Simple 3 File Example
Files can be saved, modified, deleted and moved to new directories in the file system.
Modifications and deletions do not actually remove or change the files on tape, these files
become versions on the tape allowing the consumer to back level at a later date, if needed.
All of this can be achieved through the GUI file manager of the OS or via a command prompt.
Using the LTFS SDE software, tapes are able to be loaded to tape drives and presented to the
host as a mount point. In Microsoft Windows© that mount point is a drive letter, in Linux it is
a mount point similar to any other mount point. In the most basic form LTFS displays no files
when a tape is not loaded to the tape drive, this is the same as the operation of a USB flash
drive behavior. Files can be manipulated in the same manner that they are manipulated on a
disk or flash drive. See figure 3 below.